Mai Chia-je (; 25 February 1987 – 30 September 2020) was a Taiwanese

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player who played for

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of the

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. He was a

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and became the team's closer in the middle of the 2008 season. His career ended in 2009, following an investigation into . He died in a traffic collision on 30 September 2020. Mai's older brother was also a baseball player.

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* 1987 births 2020 deaths Brother Elephants players Baseball players from Tainan Taiwanese baseball players Road incident deaths in Taiwan {{Taiwan-baseball-bio-stub